The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Real Simple magazine has some helpful interactive tools on their site. Of my two favorites, one is the Seasonal Fruit and Vegetable Tool, which not only tells you what produce is in season, but also tells you how to buy, store, and cook each fruit and vegetable. The Food Expiration Tool helps you look up […]
I love the idea of making these organza flowers by Reese Dixon as table decor for a party or wedding by sprinkling them around tables or collected together in bowls. [ via Whip Up ]
Sublime Stitching patterns can also be used for Shrinky Dink fun. Kids can make themselves a Lucky Charm Bracelet with this tutorial perfect for St. Patrick’s Day.
I’ve seen a lot of fun uses for embroidery hoops, but I’m finding this one from Pam at Gingerbread Snowflakes especially charming. Using simple pearl embroidery floss, she’s attached her hoop to her chandelier and then, using ornament hooks and thread, she’s hung ornaments and trinkets for the season. Because they are not permanently attached, […]
From MAKE subscriber Justin Shaw comes the UberLight – a dual LED matrix bicycle turn signal an brake light. An interesting design using accelerometer to determine braking, plus basic switches for indicating turns. The project uses an Arduino in combination with a couple of serial-controlled red/green matrices. Riding with this setup should get some much-needed […]
Youtube user Petitblenderman has a great video of a Rubik’s Cube solved in a Blender animation. Danny says this looks reasonably solid. You may remember Danny’s laser cut tactile cube post by Collin. Looks pretty legit to me. The cube’s colors are all in the right place, although I was a little confused at about […]
So much time at your desk, so much raw material in the office supply room. What to do? Make monitor juju, decorate your geekosphere, construct marvelous models that’ll delight and confound your coworkers. Here are a few of our favorite projects we’ve run into over the years for turning office (and corner coffee shop) supplies […]
